We can learn from source A that the murder of Polly Nicholls was by ‘A Demented Being’ this suggests that ‘Jack The Ripper’ was mad and insane. In the source it said ‘Two murders within the last month’ this also suggests that the murders of Polly Nicholls and Annie Chapman were both linked with each other, also the murderer ‘Jack The Ripper’ used “extraordinary violence” this tells us that he was a very violent person. During the murders ‘Jack The Ripper’ had ‘No Adequate Motive’ that means that there was no reason for the murders to take place.

From the source I could tell that the murders were linked because they were both prostitutes “victims were the poorest of the poor” in the days that the murders took place prostitutes were very poor and both the murdered victims were prostitutes.

Also from the source it says that the murders “startled London” this suggests that maybe London had never experience this kind of killing before or that they were shocked tha

Because the police force had little experience of these kinds of murders, the police didn’t know exactly how to approach this incident.

Also because a murder took place around White chapel and the rest were around that area, there were lots of places to hide when the police were alerted of an incident, to back this statement I include “The main through fares are connected by a network of narrow dark and crooked lanes. This means that anyone could get away from the police and hides, as there were a lot of alleys and slip roads to hide in.

Source G is a letter from the Home Secretary to the Mile Vigilance Committee on September 1888.

In conclusion to this source I think that the source is useful in telling me that the Ripper would have lots of places to hide, also that white chapel was full of places for him to hide, full of crime so that he could blend in with the rest of the East End and the police didn’t do much about it. However I am aware that the informant might dislike the police and want to make out that they were not doing anything to help the situation.

Despite the improvements to police forces all over the country and the emphasis on proper behaviour on the part officers, in the 1880s the reputation of the police forces in Britain was hit very hard by a number of serious incidents. As the police didn’t have any idea of what to do then the murderer would be at large with the East End.

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